If you've shipped an Electron app that persists structured data, you've probably hit the wall at some point. You need something more than a flat JSON file, but a full database server is absurd for a desktop app. So you reach for better-sqlite3 — and ...

A deep-dive into the mechanisms that make software progressively harder to evolve. Introduction An application written ten years ago still works. Users rely on it every day. The servers run. The tests pass. On the surface, nothing looks wrong. An...